SBIG ST-2000XCMI 2.0 Megapixel Camera with Kodak KAI-2020CM Imaging CCD

The ST-2000XCMI camera is a single shot color version of the ST-2000XM and ST-2000XMI monochrome cameras. This single shot color version use KAI-2020CM color CCD. This is essentially the same CCD as the KAI-2020M used in the ST-2000XM monochrome camera with the exception of an RGB filter matrix over the pixel array. Like their monochrome counterparts, the ST-2000XCM and ST-2000XCMI cameras are the same, except that the ST-2000XCMI does not have the built-in TC-237H tracking CCD and some of the accessories that are included with the ST-2000XCM.

This camera uses a high quality interline CCD from Kodak, the Kodak Digital Science KAI-2020CM Image Sensor Megapixel Progressive Scan Interline CCD. The Kodak Digital Science KAI-2020CM is a high-performance multi-megapixel image sensor designed for a wide range of scientific, medical imaging, and machine vision applications. The 7.4 mm square pixels with micro-lenses provide high sensitivity and the large full well capacity results in high dynamic range. The vertical overflow drain structure provides anti-blooming protection.

Other features include low dark current, negligible lag and low smear. The KAI-2020CM CCD is a 2 megapixel progressive scan detector with an active image area of 1.92 million pixels. The active image area is 1600 x 1200 pixels. This array is 75% larger than the Sony CCD used in competitors' "one-shot color megapixel" cameras. Although the imaging CCD is nearly the same size as the KAF-1602E used in the ST-8XME, due to the smaller pixel size it contains nearly half a million more pixels than the ST-8XME.